Tricky Travel Thursdays #3 - Restaurant Dilemna

Waiting in line to get a table at a busy restaurant, with no reservation, the waiter (who doesn't speak much English) misunderstands you and thinks you're someone who's on the reservation list.  Do you skip the wait, and take the table he's mistakenly offering to you?
What would you do?  Join the discussion here.

Previous Tricky Travel Thursdays:

#1: When only one of you gets upgraded...
#2: To tell the whole truth (or not!) on the customs declaration...